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34.1.2 Port Objects 
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Port objects, as returned by <tt class="function">openport()</tt>, have the following
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5565' xml:id='l2h-5565' class="method">closeport</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Close the port.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5566' xml:id='l2h-5566' class="method">getfd</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Return the file descriptor as an int.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5567' xml:id='l2h-5567' class="method">getfilled</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Return the number of filled samples.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5568' xml:id='l2h-5568' class="method">getfillable</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Return the number of fillable samples.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5569' xml:id='l2h-5569' class="method">readsamps</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>nsamples</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Read a number of samples from the queue, blocking if necessary.
Return the data as a string containing the raw data, (e.g., 2 bytes per
sample in big-endian byte order (high byte, low byte) if you have set
the sample width to 2 bytes).
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5570' xml:id='l2h-5570' class="method">writesamps</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>samples</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Write samples into the queue, blocking if necessary.  The samples are
encoded as described for the <tt class="method">readsamps()</tt> return value.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5571' xml:id='l2h-5571' class="method">getfillpoint</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the `fill point'.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5572' xml:id='l2h-5572' class="method">setfillpoint</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>fillpoint</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Set the `fill point'.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5573' xml:id='l2h-5573' class="method">getconfig</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a configuration object containing the current configuration of
the port.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5574' xml:id='l2h-5574' class="method">setconfig</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>config</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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Set the configuration from the argument, a configuration object.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5575' xml:id='l2h-5575' class="method">getstatus</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
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Get status information on last error.
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